Someone's finally said it 🙏
People seem to forget that the Switch was $299 at launch which in today's money is roughly $400. That makes the Switch 2 a $50 increase when inflation is taken into account compared to the original.
Yes, people have less spending power on average compared to 2017 (Switch launch year) but this is not the MASSIVE price hike that people are making out Nintendo to be doing.
The term 'reactionaries' used to carry a derogatory weight. I think it's time we bring it back to snap people out of the conditioning we've all been subjected to by media outlets and politicians for the sake of driving engagement.
Yeah, only fake fans are poor. Work harder 'real fan'
A) Fair enough B) Fuck you!
He sounds like a stubborn moron
So, without the benefit of seeing the initial article, did the writer misrepresent or make stuff up that the above commenters reacted to believing it to be true?
I stopped my PS Plus subscription when they raised prices last year. No regrets.
As backlogs increase, day one purchases will suffer. Players have more reason to wait for a price drop than ever. Companies may try to charge more, players will ultimately decide what something is worth to them.
Game sold for money, big news 😅 What a a ridiculous article
I think people will be shocked at some of the systems and details in GTA IV that were omitted from V. There was so much more realism in the way cars moved, characters reacted to their environment (grabbing handrails to stop them falling after being shot), thunder effectively covering for loud shots when stealthing etc.
Alan Wake 2 was one of my favourite games of all time. I absolutely sank into the story and couldn't get enough of it.
Steam is so much more competitively priced than PSN for example. That's why PC players are happy to adopt digital, you have various marketplaces you can buy from and the competition keeps prices reasonable. On consoles, the manufacturer has a monopoly on the marketplace.
Absolutely, it benefits the seller and not the buyer. Cheaper consoles (no disc drives) and a monopoly on the marketplace that sells games (PSN etc). It's all bad news for the consumer, why else would a digital game on PSN cost more than a physical item despite the latter costing more to produce and distribute. It's greed and once they've locked you into their marketplace, they've got you by the balls!
Reasons I prefer physical:
1. They're often cheaper than digital (despite costing more to produce and distribute)
2. You can sell them when you're done and recoup some of the costs.
3. You have something tangible you own
Mate, we know such little about these characters. How can you write them off from a couple of trailers?! GTA III was unreal when it came out, the protagonist was silent. The city is a character in itself.
Hyped
Next May
I was wondering whether this is perception or actually happening but it feels to me, as a semi old gamer, there is more choice than ever and as such people are now much choosier about how they spend their time and money gaming. Certainly noticing this when it comes to GaaS as you mentioned, the question always has to be why would I play this instead of what I'm already playing. Anthem is going to have a real hard time prying away people, especially with a premium price tag that screams mo...
The fact that they also rarely have any real expertise in game development compounds things. They'll look at what's been successful elsewhere, lack the knowledge to properly understand why they have been successful and then force a team to 'reproduce' their badly interpreted idea of that success.
We see it so often with sequels to games that were successful too. The team are left well alone, they have a break through hit and all of sudden the money men desc...